Tech Review seeking "Innovators under 35" noms

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Nasa puts hi-tech innovators on the
launch pad

Nasa puts hi-tech innovators on the
launch pad 03/24/2005 08:31 PM
vnunet.com Mar 25 2005 12:09AM GMT

Seeking Real-Life Spy Tech Master 'Q'
(Reuters)

Seeking Real-Life Spy Tech Master 'Q'
(Reuters) 04/19/2005 09:20 AM
Reuters - Get out the rocket launcher camera, brandish your acid-shooting fountain pen and stick on your fake third nipple.

Eisner Award noms announced

Eisner Award noms announced 04/14/2004 10:31 AM
Nominations for the 16th annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards have been announced. BoingBoing pal Warren Ellis received no fewer than three. Lin k (Thanks, Susa nnah!)

Nu Tech DDW-081 8x DVD+RW Drive Review
at 3DX

Nu Tech DDW-081 8x DVD+RW Drive Review
at 3DX 08/30/2004 06:26 AM

Innovators chart new course for TV

Innovators chart new course for TV 05/10/2004 05:53 PM
SiliconValley.com May 10 2004 9:44PM GMT

New Mac OS X Innovators Contest

New Mac OS X Innovators Contest 07/07/2004 05:42 PM

O’Reilly has announced a new Mac OS X Innovators Contest, with the award to be presented at this year’s OS X conference in October.

If you’re an OS X developer, no matter how small, I encourage you to enter the contest. It was a great thing for us (NetNewsWire won last year in the first contest)—and it would have been a good learning experience even had we not won, since in entering we had to write about our application succinctly and describe why anyone would be interested in it. (Which is a valuable thing to be able to do.)

I’ll be attending the conference, and I look forward to congratulating the winners—which could be you!

Innovators vs Copiers: HP vs Dell

Innovators vs Copiers: HP vs Dell 05/24/2004 10:48 AM

Now that is what i call a review. Hope
tech-tree does something something like
that

Now that is what i call a review. Hope
tech-tree does something something like
that 07/10/2004 01:16 AM
TechTree Jul 10 2004 5:36AM GMT

TECH REVIEW: PlayStation Portable is
slick

TECH REVIEW: PlayStation Portable is
slick 03/19/2005 02:25 AM
Sacbee.com - Thu Mar 17, 02:52 am GMT

Year in review: A mixed bag for tech
workers

Year in review: A mixed bag for tech
workers 01/04/2005 08:26 AM
Despite concerns about visas and offshoring, hopeful signs emerged about employment in the tech profession.

Entries sought for 'OS X Innovators
Contest'

Entries sought for 'OS X Innovators
Contest' 07/07/2004 01:08 PM
The 2004 Mac OS X Innovators Contest is now taking entries for "cool applications or plug-ins that run natively on Panther [Mac OS X 10.3]."...

Mac OS X Innovators Contest Ready for
Primetime

Mac OS X Innovators Contest Ready for
Primetime 03/13/2003 10:21 AM
Derrick Story: "In general terms, this contest is open to just about anyone who has created downloadable software for Mac OS X. If you have a great idea that runs on Mac OS X, you can probably enter it."

Announcing the 2004 Mac OS X Innovators
Contest

Announcing the 2004 Mac OS X Innovators
Contest 07/11/2004 01:37 AM
Now that WWDC and the Apple Design Awards have made big splashes, it's time to turn our sights to the 2004 Mac OS X Innovators Contest. If you have a cool application or plugin that runs natively on Panther, this event is your opportunity to show them to the world, and maybe win some great prizes along the way. This year's event will be very similar to last year's, except that we're only having one round (instead of three). The contest is open now, so you can read the rules, then check out the prizes, and when you're ready, complete the entry form.

MacDevCenter: Announcing the Mac OS X
Innovators Contest

MacDevCenter: Announcing the Mac OS X
Innovators Contest 03/13/2003 10:22 AM
"Have you created a Mac OS X application, plug-in, or some other type of innovative software that you believe is top in its class? Then enter it today in the Mac OS X Innovators contest." Entry deadline is March 28, 2003 and awards, including ADC Premier membership, total nearly $5,000 for the first place winner.

Mobile Tech Review Looks At The Enfora
GSM/GPRS CF Card

Mobile Tech Review Looks At The Enfora
GSM/GPRS CF Card 03/23/2005 10:43 PM
Ipaq HQ Mar 23 2005 11:54PM GMT

MIT's Tech Review Pulls A Jayson Blair

MIT's Tech Review Pulls A Jayson Blair 03/22/2005 05:03 PM
nonuser writes "MIT's Technology Review retracted two stories on reaction by HP rank and file employees to the firing of CEO Carly Fiorina, both written by a New York freelance journalist named Michelle Delio. The stories referred to a Hungarian immigrant, identified only by the initials G.S., who worked at HP's Imaging System Laboratory for nearly three decades before resigning in disgust in 2003. G.S. compared Fiorina's leadership with that of the Communist regime he had fled. The only problem was the employee apparently didn't exist, as HP officials pointed out to the embarrassed Tech Review editor." Delio (who also used to write articles for Wired News) apparently still insists that the guy is real -- but no one else can find any evidence of him. It's also not clear if this is a case where Delio made the guy up, or someone tricked Delio into believing he was real. The original Tech Review article was a bit strange. When reading it, it seemed that the guy put in enough information about himself that it would be quite easy to figure out who he was if you worked at HP Labs. Still, what may be most interesting is that HP actually did an internal investigation to figure out who the guy was.

O'Reilly announces OS X Innovators
Contest winners

O'Reilly announces OS X Innovators
Contest winners 10/30/2003 09:21 PM
O'Reilly announced the winners of the third and final round of its Mac OS X Innovators Contest at the O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference today...

Users as Innovators - Why Open Source
Works

Users as Innovators - Why Open Source
Works 04/18/2005 10:03 PM

Note to innovators: translate technology
to users

Note to innovators: translate technology
to users 03/06/2004 01:51 AM

When I heard about the XHTML Friends Network, I kind of filed it away with FOAF and other technology projects that sound interesting but entirely too academic, since they often offer no immediate means to incorporate them into my sites/tools. When I noticed that XFN was a blogroll thing and that I recently started using some code to extract my blo.gs favorites into a blogroll here on this site, I asked Jim if it was possible to incorporate xfn into the blo.gs tool.

He launched it today and here's a screenshot of the interface for one of my favorites. It's dead simple, letting you click a few boxes and push a button to fill out your relationship info and eventually the info will percolate into my blogroll here on my site.

A lot of new technologies focus so much on the nitty gritty details of RDF, XML, etc and I think developers forget that people won't or can't use any technology until it's got an easy-to-use interface. I know it's important at some level, but I couldn't care less about say, which RDF vocabulary FOAF will use, I only care how easy it will be to add FOAF stuff to my site (best is having something do it automatically) and what cool apps people can build off it.

OS X Conference: Innovators Contest
winners announced

OS X Conference: Innovators Contest
winners announced 10/31/2003 09:31 AM
Winners of the third and final round of the Mac OS X Innovator's Contest have been announced at O'Reilly's Mac OS X Conference in Santa Clara, Calif. Sponsored by Apple Developer Connection (ADC), the contest "rewards innovative Mac OS X applications, plug-ins, user interface widgets, or other creative original software."

DNA Genotek Wins Global Top 100
Innovators Award

DNA Genotek Wins Global Top 100
Innovators Award 12/19/2004 03:16 PM
Genetic research hinges on large quantities of one essential resource – DNA. Canadian-based start-up DNA Genotek has captured the attention of Red Herring’s editors by changing the way genetic researchers collect DNA. [PRWEB Dec 16, 2004]

Apple Seeds: iPod Innovators Seen As
Blueprint For U.S. Future

Apple Seeds: iPod Innovators Seen As
Blueprint For U.S. Future 06/05/2005 10:47 PM

If you want to see the future of American manufacturing, turn over your iPod and look on the back. "Designed by Apple in California," it reads in small print at the bottom. Then it adds: "Assembled in China." By Brett Arends, Boston Herald

Google's Page and Brin Top Innovators of
Past 75 Years

Google's Page and Brin Top Innovators of
Past 75 Years 01/03/2005 02:43 PM
Search Engine Lowdown Jan 3 2005 6:22PM GMT

THE WORLD'S
TEN GREATEST INNOVATORS

THE WORLD'S
TEN GREATEST INNOVATORS 12/19/2004 02:54 PM

About time for some good news. Here are ten stand-out companies which, in the midst of a miserly, risk-averse horde of unimaginative, uninnovative companies in almost every sector of the economy, we should be celebrating. While the anorexia-crazed corporatist giants believe the best way to deal with innovation is to shut it down by patenting everything and suing every upstart into oblivion, these ten companies are setting the example to show how business should be capitalizing on the market, not cornering it: Most Innovative Media Company: Fast Company. The December 'Creativity Edition' of Fast Company magazine is now online, and I'd encourage you to read it, cover to cover, and then buy yourself and a friend a subscription to this magazine, which towers above its competition. In my opinion there are only three indispensable magazines on the market: Fast Company, The New Yorker, and Consumer Reports. The gang at fast company are not only great thinkers, they are constantly thinking ahead. Most Innovative Manufacturer: WL Gore. The makers of Gore-Tex and a lot of stunningly inventive medical products you've probably never heard of. Fast Company's complete story on the company is available in pdf form here. I mentioned an earlier study on this company last spring. Best takeaway: The six secrets of Gore's innovation success: The Power of Small Teams: Gore tries to keep its teams small (and caps even its manufacturing plants at 200 people). That way, everyone can get to know one another and work together with minimal rules, as though they were a task force tackling a crisis. No Ranks, No Titles, No Bosses: Associates (employees) select mentors, they don't have bosses. Associates decide for themselves what new commitments to take on. Committees evaluate an associate's contribution and decide on compensation. There are no standardized job descriptions or categories. Take the Long View: Gore is impatient with the status quo but patient about the time -- often years, sometimes decades -- it takes to develop revolutionary products and bring them to market. Make Time for Face Time: There's no hierarchical chain of command; anyone in the company can talk to anyone else. Gore discourages memos and prefers in-person communication to email. Lead by Leading: Associates spend 10% of their time pursuing speculative new ideas. Anyone is free to launch a project and be a leader, so long as they have the passion and ideas to attract followers. Many of Gore's breakthroughs started with one person acting on his or her own initiative, and developed as colleagues helped in their spare time. Celebrate Failure: Don't stigmatize it. When a project doesn't work out and the team kills it, they celebrate with beer or champagne. Most Innovative Software Company: Google. I reported earlier on Google Desktop and Picasa, but these guys never rest on their laurels. Take a look at Google Local, which allows you to find the closest Thai restaurant or tailor to you, even if you live out in the boonies like me. Or look at Google Keyhole, a subscription service that allows you to use animation to zoom in and out of annotated aerial photographs, taking you by movie camera anywhere in the world you want to go. Or try Google Alerts, which will send you an e-mail whenever new stories show up anywhere on the web that contain your selected keywords. And there's more -- browse the entire Google Labs to see what's coming next. These guys are the energizer bunnies of innovation. Most Innovative Hardware Company: Apple. With the iPod, Apple has reaffirmed its ability to create and reinvent whole hardware product categories. Most Innovative Financial Organization: ING. The Dutch company that realized you don't need offices to run a bank has got the big banks, and now the big insurance companies, running scared. They offer better rates, minimal bureaucracy, by simply thinking smarter and constantly challenging all the established rules in the financial services industry. Most Innovative Retailer: eBay. You know what these guys have done. Long after Wal-Mart is disgraced for having destroyed so many jobs and ruined so many companies in the race for the bottom, eBay will be remembered as the real innovators in retailing. Best Blockbuster Idea Incubator: The New Yorker. This is the company that nurtures people like Malcolm Gladwell (The Tipping Point) and James Surowiecki (The Wisdom of Crowds). Who would have thought you could make money by paying people to just think about great, world-changing ideas? Most Innovative Business Advisor: Charles Handy would be my choice, though Clay Christensen, Peter Drucker, Gary Hamel and Michael Schrage are pretty good too. Best Website for Creativity-Boosting: IdeaChampions. If giving things away free is its own reward, Mitch Ditkoff and the crew at IdeaChampions should be very wealthy. This little company's website is a goldmine of good ideas and tools that spark creativity and innovation. If you can't afford to hire them, bookmark their site and visit often. If you can afford to hire them, do. And you can help them out by participating in this just-for-f un quiz. Most Socially & Environmentally Responsible Innovator: Patagonia. This is a company that developed a process that recycles the plastic in discarded soda bottles to make state-of-the-art clothing. And they donate 10% of profits to environmental causes that they're deeply involved in. In more ways than one, they make you feel warm all over. A few other companies, like Amazon, Sony, and 3M would have made the list, but unfortunately they're on the Boycott List. Ingenuity must be tempered by responsibility.

Seeking your patronage

Seeking your patronage 09/21/2004 06:36 AM
USA Today Sep 21 2004 10:16AM GMT

Seeking balance

Seeking balance 03/28/2005 01:42 AM
USA Today Mar 28 2005 4:51AM GMT

Desperately Seeking Wi-Fi

Desperately Seeking Wi-Fi 05/03/2004 06:07 PM
Review: A hardware version of NetStumbler, the WiFi Seeker is a keychain-sized device that makes it easy to sniff out Wi-Fi hubs.

Motorola seeking tie-ups

Motorola seeking tie-ups 12/08/2003 07:00 AM
This Is Money Dec 8 2003 5:50AM ET

Seeking new turf

Seeking new turf 05/17/2004 10:22 AM
USA Today May 17 2004 2:07PM GMT

Seeking Out Opposites

Seeking Out Opposites 10/28/2003 11:06 PM

For the past year or two, I've been trying an experiment in my personal research and learning. I've been seeking out tools and technologies which are as different as possible from those with which I already have experience. I want to break up some prejudices and habits I have, and expose myself to more ways of looking at things. Now that I write this, it sounds like a great approach to life in general, but for now I'm focusing on computer science. :)

My success with this has been entirely dependant on free time and brain cycles, of which I've had precious little. But, I have managed to wean myself away from Perl to learning Python, developing a few apps with it and incorporating it into my problem solving kit. I've also managed to get myself away from XEmacs for hours at a time in order to weave Vim into my work-a-day life. These two things haven't been easy for me, since I've been using both Perl and some variant of Emacs for almost 12 years now, and I've done my share of sneering at that which is not perl or emacs.

And, although I've yet to spring upon them, I've also been making wary, narrowing circles around Lisp, Smalltalk, Prolog, and .NET. There been occasional forays into Java, as well as my daily attachment to Flash and Actionscript lately. And then, there've been my hefting and swinging of XSLT and XPath, as well as RDF, countered by a few feints with plaintext shell tools and YAML. There's been more, but most investigations have been too tentative to mention.

If there's a "holy war" between two things, I want to explore them both. I tend to see two apparently intelligent parties in an extended debate over which of them has a hold on the One True Way. In my experience, though, there's a high likelyhood that such a phenomenon points toward a real truth which lies somewhere inbetween. (This, of course, ignoring such cases where one party is correct, and the other is WRONG, WRONG, WRONG!) There tend to be very good reasons why smart people on either side of a fence have taken up with what they have, and I want to know both sides thoroughly. I know full well that both sides have at least some valid criticisms against the other, but I want a synthesis of the two.

In this field of computer science, there are as many ways of working with the dreamstuff as there are ways of structuring thoughts. And, rather than there ever being One True Way to do things, there will always be another smart person developing another powerfully expressive and insightful way of doing things. Someday, I'd like to be one of those smart people, so I need to have a sense for that truth in the middle that other One True Ways bracket and zero in on. And then, I want to know enough to jump out of the frame altogether, and in which ways I can invert and twist things to encircle some new spark.

Someday in the next few years, I'd like to get back into school so I can get to even higher levels of growing up to be a computer scientist. But for now, it's back to work for me. And, if you happen to think of any geeky holy wars, let me know. I'm collecting them for study.

Seeking Diversity Abroad

Seeking Diversity Abroad 09/16/2004 03:28 PM
Before you chase foreign investments, consider a few things first.

Aid agencies seeking help for Asia

Aid agencies seeking help for Asia 12/28/2004 12:50 PM
ZDNet Dec 28 2004 4:04PM GMT

MCI board seeking a higher bid?

MCI board seeking a higher bid? 04/12/2005 08:45 AM
CNN Money Apr 12 2005 1:07PM GMT

Urgently seeking 419 haiku

Urgently seeking 419 haiku 02/17/2004 06:03 AM
The Register Feb 17 2004 10:22AM GMT

Advice for those seeking capital

Advice for those seeking capital 04/14/2005 10:24 PM

Vent ureBlog: it is best not to clip your fingernails while pitching your company

I knew there was a reason I subscribed to VentureBlog.

Desperately Seeking Juror #3

Desperately Seeking Juror #3 12/23/2003 08:03 PM
Steve Davis, this was your life. The most interesting spam I've gotten in a while. This fellow apparently served on a jury with the woman of his dreams. Having not gotten her number, or apparently her name, he decided that spamming was the way to find her. In this world, at this time, one would think he would know better. I smell a new meme arising! (Text of the email inside.)

AMD seeking site for new 65nm fab

AMD seeking site for new 65nm fab 11/10/2003 10:46 PM

Seeking Riches From the Poor

Seeking Riches From the Poor 04/23/2004 05:30 AM
South African entrepreneurs have discovered a stunningly large and lucrative market: Africa's poor. By providing services that the developed world takes for granted, the entrepreneurs are making money -- and making lives easier. Part 3 of a three-part series. Megan Lindow reports from Cape Town.

Transforming XML: Seeking Equality

Transforming XML: Seeking Equality 06/17/2005 04:28 PM
Bob DuCharme looks at how XSLT 1.0 and 2.0 let you evaluate whether two elements are equal.
Grok Description matches for Tech Review seeking "Innovators under 35" noms
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New Nokias: Nokia 7280, Nokia 7270,
Nokia 7260

New Nokias: Nokia 7280, Nokia 7270,
Nokia 7260 09/09/2004 09:00 AM

Okay, so Nokia just dropped three phones onto us, and they're pretty crazy, and by 'crazy' I mean 'sort of ugly.' I have to cop to sort of liking the Tron-style and the asymetrical design - the one round corner, one square corner 'new Nokia' look - but I have a feeling I'll be in the minority. Would it kill them to just release a nice, silver phone that you could take home to mom?

Anyway, here's the breakdown, and I'll probably go after this post in a couple of waves. The one pictured here is the Nokia 7280, which you might notice doesn't have a keypad. That's because Nokia designed it to be "sleek," "sexy," and "edgy." (I'm not joking.)

Read - Press Release [Nokia]

More pictures of the new phones and links after the jump.

Nokia 7280 transfers photos, music,
videos from Mac

Nokia 7280 transfers photos, music,
videos from Mac 09/10/2004 03:57 AM
Among three new cell phones announced by the company on Thursday, Nokia introduced its new 7280 model, which features leather and mirror accents, a high-gloss finish and a sliding cover for the lens that offers VGA-quality snapshots. It can sync with your Mac via Bluetooth to transfer photos, songs, videos, ring tones and wallpapers back and forth. Its display supports 104 x 208 resolution and up to 65,536 colors, with the ability to stream video, and its Lithium Ion battery allows up to three hours of talk time and up to 240 hours of standby time. Nokia expects to make the 7280 available in the fourth quarter; pricing was not released.

Review: Nokia 7280 Fashion Mobile Phone

Review: Nokia 7280 Fashion Mobile Phone 03/26/2005 04:13 PM
Mobile Tech Review Mar 26 2005 6:39PM GMT

Google's IPO: Success or failure?

Google's IPO: Success or failure? 08/23/2004 02:40 PM
Sympatico Aug 23 2004 7:11PM GMT

Is "success" a failure for Bush?

Is "success" a failure for Bush? 03/30/2005 02:44 PM
With the war in Iraq off the front page, Americans are less enthusiastic about their "war-time president."

UUNET SA's world first online streaming
advertising campaign a success

UUNET SA's world first online streaming
advertising campaign a success 08/31/2004 06:31 AM
Itweb.co.za - Tue Aug 31, 10:06 am GMT

"The evolution of liberalism from a
forward-looking to a backward-looking
creed is partly the result of success --
and partly a result of a failure to see
where liberal ideas would lead."

"The evolution of liberalism from a
forward-looking to a backward-looking
creed is partly the result of success --
and partly a result of a failure to see
where liberal ideas would lead." 12/27/2004 07:20 PM
Michael Barone

townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/mb20041227.shtml
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what is the current price of Nokia 2300
Nokia 2100 & Nokia 1100 in Jaipur,
Rajasthan

what is the current price of Nokia 2300
Nokia 2100 & Nokia 1100 in Jaipur,
Rajasthan 09/12/2004 05:49 PM
TechTree Sep 12 2004 8:50PM GMT

Wi-Fi's Success is HomePlug Success

Wi-Fi's Success is HomePlug Success 09/17/2004 12:24 PM
Leaders of the power line networking space say that Wi-Fi's success in the home helps the power line networking industry: A spokesman for Intellon, which makes power line networking chips, says that the dead spots that result from many Wi-Fi networks in homes create an opportunity for power line networking, which can be used for network access in the dead zones. HomePlug, the alliance of power line networking companies, is also hoping to get ahead of its networking competition with a new standard it is working on that will be fast enough to support high-definition TV....

Motorola Deploys VIVO's Network and
Nokia Expands Nokia Secure Access System

Motorola Deploys VIVO's Network and
Nokia Expands Nokia Secure Access System 09/21/2004 03:00 PM
Financial News USA Sep 21 2004 4:50PM GMT

Nokia launch their latest model: The
Nokia 6600 Smartphone

Nokia launch their latest model: The
Nokia 6600 Smartphone 05/31/2004 02:17 PM
Research and Markets have announced the addition of the ‘Component Cost Benchmark Report for the Nokia 6600 Smartphone’ report to their offering. [PRWEB May 29, 2004]

Mekanism Launches Integrated Campaign
for Sega - Offbeat Campaign Details
Boy’s Obsession with Game

Mekanism Launches Integrated Campaign
for Sega - Offbeat Campaign Details
Boy’s Obsession with Game 03/14/2005 05:55 PM
Mekanism today announced the launch of a quirky and unconventional new advertising campaign for SEGA® of America, Inc. Designed to promote the PlayStation®2 and Xbox® release of Super Monkey BallTM Deluxe, the integrated campaign offers a peak into the trials and tribulations of the life of a boy so obsessed with the game, he’s decided to live in a large, inflatable ball. [PRWEB Feb 18, 2005]

Nokia Wireless Headset HS-11W and Nokia
Wireles GPS Module LD-1W

Nokia Wireless Headset HS-11W and Nokia
Wireles GPS Module LD-1W 09/23/2004 07:13 AM

And last but not least (if you're reading from the bottom up; otherwise, welcome to the Nokia posts!) are these two new peripherals from Nokia, a new Nokia Wireless Headset HS-11W headset with a 6 hour talk time, and this Nokia Wireless GPS Module LD-1W that also connects to your phone or PDA via Bluetooth (the GPS may not actually be new - it seems sort of familiar - but I don't exactly recall hearing about it before). The GPS unit uses the same battery and charge plug as most Nokia phones, so you can use your existing charge to go along with it.

The headset should be out later this year, while the GPS unit isn't scheduled until Q1 2005.

Read - Headset Product Page [Nokia]
Read - GPS Product Page [Nokia]

Related
Nokia Archives [Gizmodo]

The New York Times > Washington >
Campaign 2004 > Political Impact:
Campaign Dogged by Terror Fight

The New York Times > Washington >
Campaign 2004 > Political Impact:
Campaign Dogged by Terror Fight 08/02/2004 01:58 PM
added their spin

nytimes.com/2004/08/02/politics/campaign/02campaign.html?hp
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The New York Times > Washington
> Campaign 2004 > Democratic
Strategies: Democrats Urge Kerry to Turn
Up Intensity of Campaign

The New York Times > Washington
> Campaign 2004 > Democratic
Strategies: Democrats Urge Kerry to Turn
Up Intensity of Campaign 09/05/2004 01:29 PM
The New York Times > Washington > Campaign 2004 > Democratic Strategies: Democrats Urge Kerry to Turn Up Intensity of Campaign .. paints a fearful Dim party today

nytimes.com/2004/09/05/politics/campaign/05campaign.html?ei=50 06&en=9105c6c3ef9ca4f0&ex=1094961600&partner=ALTAVISTA1&pagewanted=pri nt&position=
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Nokia Unveils Nokia 8800, 8801

Nokia Unveils Nokia 8800, 8801 04/08/2005 10:52 PM
TechTree Apr 9 2005 2:51AM GMT

Bush campaign outsources campaign to
India

Bush campaign outsources campaign to
India 05/25/2004 11:47 AM
Bush Campaign ran fundraising/vote-seeking from call centers in India. Is this the responsible way to promote jobs in the US? Even a small number as it may be. Every little bit counts.

Nokia 1110 and Nokia 1600

Nokia 1110 and Nokia 1600 06/06/2005 12:09 AM

Nokia announced their 1600 and 1110 models, meant to be affordable, easy-to-use and light on frills. Nokia is targeting developing nations with these models and they look well enough to suit their purpose as part of a plan to eventually offer mobile service for just $5 a month. They both feature talk times of over 5 hours and the Nokia 1600 has a 65k color screen while the Nokia 1110 uses a sunlight-friendly inverted black and white display. They're expected to retail for $105 and $85, respectively, and will be available later this year.

Press Release [Nokia via I4U]

Search Engine Marketing Professional
Organization (SEMPO) Launches Industry
Advertising Campaign - Education
Campaign Focused on Media Buyers and
Features Tag Line "Top of Search = Top
of Mind"

Search Engine Marketing Professional
Organization (SEMPO) Launches Industry
Advertising Campaign - Education
Campaign Focused on Media Buyers and
Features Tag Line "Top of Search = Top
of Mind" 08/12/2004 02:51 AM
The Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO) today announced the launch of a major advertising campaign to increase awareness and promote the value of search engine marketing. The campaign is beginning with banner and e-mail ads on Adweek online properties and will continue with other trade publications. The target market is media planners who may not have had significant exposure to search as a promotional tool. The tag line is "Top of Search = Top of Mind". [PRWEB Aug 12, 2004]

Failure

Failure 12/02/2003 01:19 AM
I'm pretty sure the mall I work in is a failure, either that or I am a plague on shoppers. I easily found a...

Failure to communicate

Failure to communicate 01/16/2004 10:57 AM
A growing segment of the technologically-enabled population is developing what I would best describe as a "derision" towards those who are not technically competent, for whatever reason. This sentiment is immediately apparent in the technical support industry, but I've seen it from peers who've never been formally introduced to tech support as well. The common factor in the derision appears to be a result of differences between the two groups of people involved: those who feel they have invested much time in competence, and those who they feel have not. Over time, repeated communication failures left unaddressed appear to result in a build-up of resentment towards one (or, more often, both) parties. One of the clearest examples of this can be found in comics that focus on these conflicts, such as Dilbert, Userfriendly, or w00t; in each, one can find...

Market Failure

Market Failure 09/19/2004 11:31 PM
Right now we are encountering an irritating failure of the free market. We had some ductwork done a couple of months ago, and have a chunk of missing drywall in our living room. There are some other bits and pieces of drywalling that need doing here and there around the house, too. No problem, call up an expert, right? Wrong. At this moment in Vancouver, no drywaller can be bothered to take on a job that’s only one or two days’ work; they’re all coasting along doing ten-thousand-dollar-and-up mansion renovations. Drywalling is tricky, irritating, messy work best left to professionals... but it looks like we’re going to be taking it on. At any Vancouver social gathering, the general unavailability of tradespeople is a reliable conversation-starter. Hey kids, consider staying away from that expensive and arduous college education and taking up a trade; for damn sure your job won’t get outsourced to another continent.

"Miserable Failure"

"Miserable Failure" 12/06/2003 10:14 PM

"miserable failure"

"miserable failure" 10/31/2003 03:55 AM

miserable failure

miserable failure 12/05/2003 12:28 PM
A Google Search for "miserable failure" yields some hilarious results.

CAN SPAM: Still A Failure

CAN SPAM: Still A Failure 06/30/2004 01:07 PM
I'm sure this will surprise, well, no one, but the CAN SPAM Act still hasn't done anything to slow down spam. In fact, it looks like even fewer spam messages are complying with the requirements in the law. When it was first passed, many people said that it would take some time for spammers to understand the law and add in the required info. Instead, it looks like (despite the series of lawsuits filed), most spammers don't care at all. Out of 547,685 messages studied, only 71 complied with the law: 0.013% That number seems way too low. In fact, another study, says that they found nearly 10% complied. That's still low, but it's a lot more than 0.013%. That second study also noted, by the way, that Viagra is the king of spam, as 14.1% of all spam messages now advertise the drug. So, is it time to change tactics? People seem to be getting worked up over an MSNBC story saying the FTC is considering a bounty system, but that isn't news. They announced it over a month ago, and it doesn't appear as if anything has changed. All the MSNBC piece adds to the debate is that people on both sides of the spam issue think it's a terrible idea that will cause more problems than it solves. Sounds like nothing new at all...

A failure of vision

A failure of vision 07/22/2004 11:19 PM
Gen John Keane, Army Vice Chief of Staff (the Army's #2) in testimony before the House Armed Services Committe on July 15th.

“The intellectual capital to prepare ourselves properly for an insurgency was not there,”

“There were very few people who actually envisioned, honestly, before the war, what we are dealing with now after the regime went down.” 

“We have a lot of young folks that paid the price for that lack of foresight. Am I correct?” Rep. Ike Skelton (D-MO), the committee’s ranking Democrat, asked.

“Right, yes, sir,” Keane replied.

NOTE:  Of course, not everyone had a failure of vision on this.

Sudan: a failure of will

Sudan: a failure of will 07/31/2004 08:33 PM

The Passion of the Present

A failure of will

Forces from across the world are poised to help the people of Darfur, but no nation has the will to move forward.

We are in a tragic and signal moment, a catalytic moment, where the world sees the need, has the means, and yet continues to experience a failure of will.

...Now it is the public's turn. It is our turn. The time is now for our action. We must ask our leaders to act now, not in 30 days.

All key elements are in place, except the will to launch the rescue of Darfur in earnest.

A call to action that you should all read. This is "low hanging fruit" on the "lets do something good today" tree. Take some action today.

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Hardware failure

Hardware failure 03/26/2005 12:57 PM
SFC.  American Democrats travel to Iraq, talk to leaders, and come away impressed. The grind of 4th gen global guerrilla warfare isn't visible at the top.  All the well intentioned leadership in the world doesn't matter if the state's system is fundamentally broken and unable to reboot.

"Fighting Failure"

"Fighting Failure" 09/27/2004 11:18 AM

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